Annotation:Ribbon Dance (The)

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RIBBON DANCE. English, Country and Morris Dance Tune (2/2 or 4/4 time). England, North-West. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AB (Wade): ABB (Karpeles, Raven, Sharp). The tune is used for a polka step in the North-West (England) morris dance tradition, however, the Ribbon Dance itself is not a morris dance but rather an English country dance, performed with a length of cloth or Ribbon.

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Printed sources : - Burchanel ('Dances of the People), 1913; pp. 12-14. Karpeles & Schofield (A Selection of 100 English Folk Dance Airs), 1951; p. 1. Raven (English Country Dance Tunes), 1984; p. 76. Sharp (Country Dance Tunes), 1909; p. 2. Wade (Mally’s North West Morris Book), 1988; p. 19.

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